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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicBudget 2018

Topic: Budget 2018

Budget announces Rs 1 lakh crore new funding mechanism for higher education institutes

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Scraps grants-in-aid, asks higher education institutes like IITs, IIMs NITs to take soft loans and pay 25 per cent principal.

The Modi govt shouldn’t lose its nerve and take any rash actions in this year’s Budget

Sandip Ghose -
Biz people and industrialists, who have been the most critical about the Modi govt privately, will settle for predictability instead of any tax bonanzas.

This Budget is for voters, but the speech must be for business

Richard Rossow -
The business community is hungry for clarity on the new set of significant economic reforms the Modi government plans to tackle.

Talk Point: Can the Modi government undertake critical economic reforms in the little time it has left?

ThePrint Team -
The Economic Survey was tabled in parliament today and comprehensively analyses the current economic situation in India. Experts weigh in.

To be or not to be populist? Modi government faces dilemma in crucial final Budget

Anjali Shukla -
PM insists it will be a non-populist Budget; experts also feel this govt has shown willingness to buck past trends and concentrate on fiscal deficit targets.

What RSS bodies want from budget: Jobs, higher MSP & sops for small enterprises

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh write to Finance Ministry, suggesting various measures to combat unemployment and farmer distress.

Modi govt’s last full budget: Health, agriculture, education to get boost

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
One of the major moves could be a national scheme to extend medical insurance worth Rs 5 lakh each to over 20 crore people.
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Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

+TFP Shailaja Bajpai -
‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

The Public Safety Act was meant to protect society. In J&K, it protects power

US officials know that New Delhi can’t be coerced. India thinks it’s an equal partner

Economy

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

Manasi Phadke -
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Defence

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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